Satellite Link Budget Using Sat Master Software Training
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Satellite Link Budget Using SatMaster Software Training Hands-on (Online, Onsite, and Classroom Live)
| Commitment | 3 days, 7-8 hours a day. |
| Language | English |
| User Ratings | Average User Rating 4.8 See what learners said |
| Price | REQUEST |
| Delivery Options | Instructor-Led Onsite, Online, and Classroom Live |
COURSE OVERVIEW
Link budgets are the standard tool for designing and assessing satellite communications transmissions, considering radio-wave propagation, satellite performance, terminal equipment, radio frequency interference (RFI), and other physical layer aspects of fixed and mobile satellite systems. The format and content of the link budget must be understood by many engineers and managers with design and operation responsibilities.
Master is a highly-recognized yet low-cost PC-based software tool offered through the web by Arrowe Technical Services of the UK. Satellite Link Budget Using SatMaster Software course reviews the principles and use of the link budget along with hands-on training in SatMaster 9, the latest version, for one- and two-way transmission of digital television; two-way interactive services using very small aperture terminals (VSATs); point-to-point transmission at a wide range of data rates; and interactive communications with mobile terminals. Services at UHF, L, S, C, X, Ku, and Ka bands to fixed and mobile terminals are considered. The Satellite Link Budget Training Using SatMaster Software course includes several computer workshop examples to enhance participants’ confidence in using SatMaster and to improve their understanding of the link budgeting process. Participants should gain confidence in their ability to prepare link budgets and their facility with SatMaster.
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
- 3 days of Satellite Link Budget Training Using SatMaster Software with an expert instructor
- Satellite Link Budget Using SatMaster Software Electronic Course Guide
- Certificate of Completion
- 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CUSTOMIZE IT
- We can adapt this Satellite Link Budget Using SatMaster Software Training course to your group’s background and work requirements at little to no added cost.
- If you are familiar with some aspects of this Satellite Link Budget Training Using SatMaster Software Training course, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
- We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the Satellite Link Budget Using SatMaster Software course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
- If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policy-maker), and present the Satellite Link Budget Training Using SatMaster Software course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completing the Satellite Link Budget Using SatMaster Software course, the participant will be able to:
AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP
The target audience for this Satellite Link Budget Using SatMaster Software course:
- All
CLASS PREREQUISITES
The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this Satellite Link Budget Using SatMaster Software course are:
- N/A
COURSE SYLLABUS
Day 1 Principles of Satellite Links and Applicability of SatMaster
- Standard ground rules for satellite link budgets
- Frequency band selection: UHF, L, S, C, X, Ku, and Ka
- Satellite footprints (EIRP, G/T, and SFD) and transponder plans; application of on-board processors
- Propagation considerations: the isotropic source, line of sight, antenna principles
- Atmospheric effects: troposphere (clear air and rain) and ionosphere (Faraday and scintillation)
- Rain effects and rainfall regions; use of the built-in DAH and Crane rain models
- Modulation systems (QPSK, OQPSK, MSK, GMSK, 8PSK, 16 QAM, and 32 APSK)
- Forward error correction techniques (Viterbi, Reed-Solomon, BCH, Turbo, and LDPC codes)
- Transmission equation and its relationship to the link budget
- Introduction to the user interface of SatMaster
- Differences between SatMaster 9, the current version, and previous versions
- File formats: antenna pointing, database, digital link budget, and digital processing/regenerative repeater link budget
- Built-in reference data and calculators
- Example of a digital one-way link budget (DVB-S2) using equations and SatMaster
Day 2 Detailed Link Design in Practice: Computer Workshop
- Earth station block diagram and characteristics
- Antenna characteristics (main beam, sidelobe, X-pol considerations, mobile antennas)
- HPA characteristics, intermodulation, and sizing, uplink power control
- Link budget workshop example using SatMaster: Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC)
- Transponder loading and optimum multi-carrier backoff; power equivalent bandwidth
- Review of link budget optimization techniques using the program’s built-in features
- Transponder loading and optimization for minimum cost and resources, maximum throughput, and availability
- Computing the minimum transmit power; uplink power control (UPC)
- Interference sources (X-pol, adjacent satellite interference, adjacent channel interference)
- Earth station power flux density limits and the use of spread spectrum for disadvantaged antennas
- Earth station power flux density limits and the use of spread spectrum for disadvantaged antennas
Day 3 Consideration of Interference and Workshop in Digital Link Budgets
- C/I estimation and trade studies
- Performance estimation for carrier-in-carrier (Paired Carrier Multiple Access) transmission
- Discussion of VSAT parameters and technology options as they relate to the link budget
- Example: digital VSAT, multi-carrier operation
- Use of batch location files to prepare link budgets for a large table of locations
- A case study from the class using the above elements and SatMaster
